Poland: import of carrot

This year in the spring the shortage of domestic carrot is supplemented with imported carrot. In January 2009 the import of carrot amounted to 1.5 thousand t at value 402 thousand euro.

According to statistical data from Ministry of Agricultural (MRiRW), in March the average price of imported carrot on the wholesale markets was 2.06 PLN (0.46 euro)/kg and the price of Polish carrot was about 1.20 PLN (0.27 euro)/kg. At the beginning of April the average price of imported carrot was 2.10 PLN (0.47 euro)/kg and 1.30 PLN (0.29 euro)/kg for domestic carrot.

Source: fresh-market.pl (ts), on the basis of data from CAAC and MRiRW